Summary: The Commissioner found that the Council was not justified in refusing access to records under article 9(1)(b) of the AIE regulations.
Date: 27-11-2025
Case Number: OCE-138766-B3N5M9
Public Body: Kildare County Council
Article of the Reg.: Art.9(1)(b)
Summary: The Commissioner annulled Coillte’s decision to refuse the request under articles 9(1)(a) and 9(1)(c) of the AIE Regulations and directed Coillte to release the environmental information concerned to the appellant.
Date: 26-11-2025
Case Number: OCE-161964-L2L7F5
Public Body: Coillte
Article of the Reg.: Art.9(1)(a) Art.9(1)(c)
Summary: The Commissioner found the information requested is environmental information and annulled the Departments internal review decision, directing the Department to undertake a new internal review.
Date: 26-11-2025
Case Number: OCE-146547-C9W3R2
Public Body: Department of Defence
Article of the Reg.:
Summary: Whether the OPW has established that it did not hold information in accordance with article 7(5) of the AIE Regulations.
Date: 21-11-2025
Case Number: OCE-161518-W8F1Q7
Public Body: Office of Public Works
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5)
Summary: The Commissioner found that Coillte had taken sufficient steps to identify and locate all relevant environmental information relevant to the appellant’s request under article 7(5) of the AIE Regulations.
Date: 21-11-2025
Case Number: OCE-155526-L4H8D4
Public Body: Coillte
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5)
Summary: The Commissioner varied the FAC’s decision. While he annulled its decision under article 4(1) of the AIE Regulations, he affirmed its decision under article 7(3)(a)(ii) of the AIE Regulations to give access to the information at issue in 827 decisions for the years 2020-2024 to the date of the appellant’s request by way of scanned pdfs on the FAC website and names available on the Department’s website.
Date: 20-11-2025
Case Number: OCE-147252-M0K2N4
Public Body: Forestry Appeals Committee
Article of the Reg.: Art.4(1) Art.7(3)(a)
Summary: The Commissioner annulled the FAC’s decision pursuant to article 7 (5) of the AIE Regulations and directed the FAC to carry out a new internal review decision.
Date: 14-11-2025
Case Number: OCE-161673-J5Y3R0
Public Body: Forestry Appeals Committee
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5)
Summary: The Commissioner found that ACP had taken sufficient steps to determine that it does not hold environmental information relevant to the appellant’s request pursuant to article 7(5) of the AIE Regulations and as such was justified in refusing the request made.
Date: 14-11-2025
Case Number: OCE-159281-B3R4J9
Public Body: An Coimisiún Pleanála
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5)
Summary: The Commissioner varied the Council’s decision. It affirmed its decision to refuse access to further relevant information relating to Parts 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10 of the appellant’s request under article 7(5) on the AIE Regulations. While he annulled its decision to refuse access to Record 8 on the basis that it is not environmental information, it affirmed its refusal under article 9(1)(c) of the AIE Regulations.
Date: 14-11-2025
Case Number: OCE-109805-R1Y4S8
Public Body: Laois County Council
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5) Art.9(1)(c)
Summary: The Commissioner varied the OPR’s decision. He annulled the OPR’s decision in respect of the additional records the OPR identified during the course of the review and directed the release of those records in full. He affirmed the OPR’s decision in respect of any further relevant records and found that reasonable and appropriate searches had been undertaken to identify and locate environmental information within the scope of the appellant’s request.
Date: 14-11-2025
Case Number: OCE-156306-J3G2Y7
Public Body: Office of the Planning Regulator
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5)